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This resource would work great in grades 6th-9th.

These bell ringers are quick, simple, but most importantly, meaningful and engaging at the same time. The focus is getting your middle school students to work right away, but still introducing them to quality ELA concepts and content.

This resource has all 36 weeks of bell ringers for your middle school and high school students. All work is based on the 7th-10th grade ELA Common Core standards and the 7th and 8th grade Core Knowledge Topics.

Monday: Vocabulary Word of the Week {Commonly misspelled/confused}
Students write, define, break-up, use the word in a sentence, and illustrate a 7th-10th grade vocabulary word or CCSS vocabulary word. Based on the commonly misspelled word list for 7th and 8th graders and high school students.

Tuesday: Grammar Skill of the Week
Students correct a grammatically incorrect sentence based on the CCSS 7th-10th grade language standards.

Wednesday: Root Word of the Week
Students write the root word, its meaning, two examples, and draw pictures for each example. Selected from grades 7th-10th most used Greek and Latin roots.

Thursday: Foreign Phrase of the Week
Student write a commonly used foreign phrase, its country of origin, time-frame origin, use the phrase in a sentence, and then illustrate the foreign phrase

Friday: Quote of the Week
Students read a quote and write what the quote means to them or makes them think of. Many quotes chosen from popular/award-winning novels.